The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-30
Lawn mowers, at Senden's


.'For I'm to be queen Of the May, mother;
Pm to be queen Of the May"
The firm of Fegert & Turner have dissolved
parternership, Mr.. Fsgert retiring.
The st. 10. people are at work on the road
from the Junction to the river. They have q
large lot of new ties on the track.
Post:-"The genial postmaster, at Bates
City, Walter Jackson, is beset by patrons
who insist on receiving 10 two cent stamps
for a cent and a quarter. Nj. Luce sells three
ST. mps for five cents"
ESQUIRE Thos. E. Chinn deposited in Jail,
Tuesday, a prisoner, charged with burglariz-
ing Mr.. Fred, Weiligman's house at Yelling
ton. As the stolen articles were found on his
person he is pretty certain Of u trip to the
state capital.
Mr.. S. H. Ardinger. of Bonhsm, Texas,
has made an assignment to A. b. Scarbor-
ough, his son-in law, for the benefit of his
creditors. His assets are placed at $40 900.
aud liabilities at but $is GOO. We hope he
will be able to put throughssand soon be out
of embarrassment.
The water Company is painting the wood
work inside aud cut and the walls IN the
pump room. at the engine house, grading of
the lot nicely, and sodding it. so that the
| whole will present q neat and pretty appear
ance. They are also making stone steps from
the pump house up to Broadway. Mr.. Aben-
droth seems determined to leave nothing I'M
lone to render the company useful and popu-
lar with our people.
After this day. April 80. having secured
desk room thereat, our Mr.. Allen can be
found, at the west front window Of MIR. W
G.. McCausIand's store, where any business
| with this office can be transacted without the
necessity of climbing q long and wearisome
flight Of steps. 1t will also add materially 10
the attractions of the store. at present noted
for the good looks of its proprietor and en-
ployss. The editors sanctum will remain al
at present.
We took a stroll over the Missouri Pacific
extension a few days ago, and were gratliee
to see the character Of the work being done
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr.. Malo'
ney, the contractor, and Of seeing the nrs
train that ever passed east Of Ciark's Goa
banks. The rails are now laid for q half mil
below the ferry landing, and the grading
completed to Wilmot's. Mr.. Msloney ha
the contract, that far. for track-laying as vel
as grading. He is q thorough railroad man,
and Is doing his work we'll. The rails beinl
put down are Of the best steel and Unusually
heavy. weighing 70 pounds to the yard. TIL
ties are of extra quality, too. and are bein,
very closely laid, and the road bed Is o
unusual width being from II to 10 feet Wild
at the top. The fish plates are the best VI
have ever seen. They reach across thre'
ties, and have two more bolts than usual,
la ge and strong fange which grasps the bot
tom Of the rail, and the plate itself is spike,
to each Of the ties which it touches. Tn
consequence is, that the rails are very mucl
more firmly held together than with the oil
fish plates, and they are like one continuou
rail, not being susceptible of bending dow
at the tie wh=re they connect. This shoul'
make a remarkably smooth track, upol
which q train can attain a very high rate O
speed and vet not seem to be going very fast
either. When the system of which this is
part is completed there will be few railroad
|, like it anywhere. Leaving Kansas City
will pass through st. Louis, about as directl
as the present Kansas City and Memphi
road, to New Orleans, and all the way wit
an A number one track, and a maximum
grade of less than 18 feet to the mile. Upo
a grade like that, 1t will be easier to hat
forty cars in u train than it is upon ordinar
roads to pull rs. This, as can be seen at
: glance, is an immense saving. Then it
, confidently expected when the road is com
pleted to run passenger trains over it frol
: st. Louis to Kansas City in six hours. Thi
will put Lexington within one hour Of Kar
sas City, and cause 1t to participate largely
the prosperity of the latter city, beside col
Meeting US more closely with our ever-faith
full and kind friends at Waverly and Dow
. in our own county, from whom OF late "
. have been somewhat separated. MIR. Mal(
, new has the contract for grading from Wi
{; mot's to Sleeps Nose, and Is at work upo
. it. MIR. Scott begins at Sleeps Nose, whel
. he is at work. and goes e6st. We do u,
/. know the contractor east of Waveriy. Nj
Mclaughlin, the chief engineer. has instruc
; tons to complete the road from Boonville
B.. Lexington by next September, and he wi
= no doubt do 80 even before that time. n
S. Ii. II. Clark, the general manager Of II
; Missouri Pacific system, told the w.issr .tii
the road should be pushed 70 eotspistaon
; rapidly as possIbis AID we have no doui
!. that he means TO don't. The Lexington co
; company has already epened two new min,
|. on the extension, beiopttoNp. The col
from these mines Is rxARs unusually iii
; quality. much better thar mt from the con
: pany's mines above towp aud will comm a,
a higher price upon the ma ket. 1t Is ric
black, free from sulphpr and dirt. and
:, every way an extra artiels. We had an exc
Y. lent opportunity to judes o. This, as seve,
n hundred bushels of coal wsre lying sroIl
the enfrias and air shaffaL